Morpheme
-aceous
Type
suffix
Denotation
adjective suffix denoting “resembling, full of, abounding in, having, possession of” corresponding to -aceus (Latin), -aceum, -acea, and -aceae nouns
Etymology
(1) Latin -āceus, from -āx + -eus; (2) suffixal construction from -aceus/-aceum/-acea/-aceae + -ous
Evidence
ampullaceous, asteraceous, bacillariaceous, byssaceous, cepaceous, ceraceous, crustaceous, curvaceous, cylindraceous, fabaceous, farinaceous, gallinaceous, gemmaceous, herbaceous, lactaceous, lejeuneaceous, pavonaceous, predaceous, ranunculaceous, saponaceous, scribaceous, sebaceous, stellaceous
See Also
-ax, -ace, -acy, -aceous, -acious, -asse, -accia, -azzo, -azzi, -acea, -aceae, -aceum, -acean, -acic, -acoyl, -acitate, -acitance, -acitor, -acitive, -aci-
